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Definitions for deportation
ˌdi pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, -poʊr-de·por·ta·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

    the act of expelling a person from their native land

    "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

  2. deportationnoun

    the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

Wiktionary

  1. deportationnoun

    The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Deportationnoun

    Transportation; exile into a remote part of the dominion, with prohibition to change the place of residence.

    Etymology: deportatio, Latin.

    An abjuration, which is a deportation for ever into a foreign land, was anciently with us a civil death. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

Wikipedia

  1. Deportation

    Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term expulsion is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportation is more used in national (municipal) law. Forced displacement or forced migration of an individual or a group may be caused by deportation, for example ethnic cleansing, and other reasons. A person who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation is called a deportee.

ChatGPT

  1. deportation

    Deportation is the act of forcibly removing an individual or group of individuals from a country or region and sending them to another, usually their country of origin, due to legal or immigration issues. This typically occurs when an individual does not have legal status in the current country or they've violated certain national laws or standards. The process is usually mandated and conducted by the government or a statutory authority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deportationnoun

    the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation

  2. Etymology: [L. depotatio: cf. F. dportation.]

Wikidata

  1. Deportation

    Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today the expulsion of foreign nationals is usually called deportation, whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation. Deportation is an ancient practice: Khosrau I, Sassanid King of Persia, deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people to the new city of Ctesiphon in 542 C.E. Britain deported religious objectors and criminals to America in large numbers before 1776, and transported them to Australia between 1788 and 1868.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deportation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deportation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of deportation in a Sentence

  1. Tim Kane:

    You could build a new (deportation) operation, but it would probably fail like the Eisenhower operation failed.

  2. Paul Fernando Schreiner:

    Deportation is for illegal immigrants, i didnt request to come to the U.S., and I didnt cross a border.

  3. Marc Rosenblum:

    That's an expensive and difficult way to manage it, universal deportation is going to be inefficient.

  4. Mehmet Gormez:

    Is the current situation of millions of Syrian refugees much less cause for concern to the Vatican than what happened during the Armenian deportation? i find the Pope's statement immoral, and can't reconcile it with basic Christian values.

  5. Arturo Rodriguez:

    We were pleased to learn from the president today that at least 250,000 farm workers (and at least 125,000 California farm workers) will be eligible for deportation relief under his executive action.

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